About the Instructors

Voices From War’s

Writing Workshops for Veterans

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WORKSHOP LEADERS

KARA KRAUZE – Founder, Director

Kara Krauze is a writer, editor, and educator. Kara has worked in publishing, financial services, the mental health field, and community organizing. Her writing has been published in Quarterly West, Center: A Journal of the Literary Arts, Highbrow Magazine, The Daily Beast, Hypothetical Review, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Poets & Writers, and elsewhere. She has a B.A. from Vassar College in International Studies and a M.A. in Literary Cultures from New York University. Her writing, including a memoir and novels, engages with the subjects of war, loss, and memory. She has lived in Indiana, Ohio, and England, and is a longtime resident of New York City, where she founded Voices From War in 2013.

Instructors – NYC, Manhattan

SIOBHAN ADCOCK – Co-Instructor – NYC, Manhattan

Siobhan Adcock is a novelist, essayist, humor writer, and editor based in Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of two novels, The Completionist (Simon & Schuster, 2018) and The Barter (Dutton, 2014), as well as two humor books. Her short fiction, essays, and humor writing appear in Triquarterly, Salon, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, XOJane, and others. She has taught classes and workshops at the Columbia Publishing Course, the Gotham Writers Workshop, Cornell University, and the Auburn Federal Correctional Facility. She has also worked in digital and print publishing at Random House, HarperCollins, Conde Nast, the XO Group, Time Inc., and What to Expect Digital, the leading pregnancy app and website.

SCOTT REEL – Co-Instructor – NYC, Manhattan

Scott Reel is a former sergeant in the Marine Corps, serving four years as a combat correspondent and broadcast journalist. Following his service, Scott completed his B.A. in English and Philosophy at the University of Illinois Chicago. He is now the president of the Military Alliance at New York University, where he is pursuing his Master’s in English and American Literature. Scott has written for The War Horse, an award-winning non-profit newsroom, and published poetry in Illinois’s Best Emerging Poets: An Anthology and On the Back of a Motorbike. He currently lives in New Jersey with his lovely wife, Brittaney.

BRONX – The Craft of War Writing

JEREMY H. WARNEKE – Instructor – NYC, Bronx

Jeremy Hussein Warneke is a United States Army veteran, who served in Iraq. Following discharge, he completed his undergraduate degree at Sarah Lawrence College. His publication credits include Itscomplicated.vet, NYC Veterans Alliance, Homefront Progressives, Task & Purpose, Scintilla, and elsewhere. In 2017, he was a War Horse Writing Seminar Fellow and a second place poetry finalist for Line of Advance‘s COL Darron L. Wright Award. In 2015, he received an honorable mention for photography in Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors, Vol. 4. A former Voices From War participant, Jeremy launched The Craft of War Writing with support from Voices From War, The New York Public Library, and the Bronx Council on the Arts in early 2016.

JOHN LOSASSO – Co-Instructor – NYC, Bronx

John LoSasso is a retired high school English teacher, dean, and girls varsity basketball coach. Having worked and coached in New York City public high schools for thirty-eight years, he currently keeps himself occupied as an Academic Coach at Pace University-Pleasantville. John began pursuing a “dream deferred” when he started writing in earnest upon joining The Craft of War Writing as a student in 2016. That same year, his short fiction piece, “Buffalo Soldiers,” which emanated from the workshop, was accepted for publication in Proud To Be: Writing by American Warriors, Vol. 5. A native of Brooklyn, John currently resides with his wife in the Bronx, New York.

PREVIOUS INSTRUCTORS

NINA SEMCZUK – NYC, Manhattan

Winter 2017 – Spring 2018

Nina Semczuk served as an Army Officer in various locations and units from 2011-2016. Prior to military service, she attended Boston University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in TV and Film production. Nina has worked as a writer and editor at a financial tech startup, and is now the head of search engine optimization content at Fairygodboss, a startup. In 2017, she was a War Horse Writing Seminar Fellow. You can find her writing on SmartAsset, The Muse, itscomplicated.vet, The War Horse, Fast Company, and around the web. Nina started with Voices From War as a participant in 2016 and went on to become a Teaching Associate and Instructor.

JEFF LOEB – NYC, Bronx

Bronx Vet Center collaboration, Fall 2015

Jeff Loeb, a former Marine who served in Vietnam, is a writer and educator. Jeff has taught English literature and writing at the university, college, and high-school levels; published numerous memoiristic essays and critical articles; and worked as a radio reporter. His essays have been published in War, Literature, and the Arts, American Studies, and African American Review, among other journals. He has a B.A. In English, Political Science, and History from the University of Kansas, as well as an MA and PhD in English, also from KU. His dissertation was on the literature of the Vietnam War, with a concentration on African-American memoirs of that conflict. He has written one novel and is at work on another, in addition to a memoir. He is the former Chair of English and Chair of Faculty Development at the Pembroke Hill School in Kansas City, Missouri, and presently lives in New York City.

JACOB SIEGEL – Instructor – NYC, Manhattan

Fall 2013 – Spring 2014

Jacob Siegel was born in Brooklyn where he lives now. He serves in the New York Army National Guard and was deployed to Iraq in 2006-07 and to Afghanistan in 2011-12. He worked as editor of The Hero Project at The Daily Beast, a site featuring veteran writers and their stories. Jake was a co-editor and story contributor to Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Daily Beast, New York Press, and elsewhere. Jake served as a co-instructor during Voices From War’s first year of workshops.

Jacob Siegel is a new 2017-2018 LABA Fellow (Laboratory for Jewish Culture) at the 14th Street Y (host to Voices From War workshops since our inception in 2013). The new LABA Fellows will be exploring WAR + PEACE for the 2017-2018 season.

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A Writing Workshop for Veterans

Writing and Reading War Stories in the 21st Century

In this workshop we write our own narratives, while reading excerpted fiction and non-fiction by veterans, military spouses, and select civilians. Each week we share student work, learning from each others’ strengths and successes, while also discussing ways we can come closer to the stories we want to tell, whether just for ourselves or for a larger audience.

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Sites of Interest

2014 VAP Veterans Week Showcase
Nov. 8-9, 2014: Voices from War is thrilled to again collaborate with the Veteran Artist Program (VAP) for VAP‘s 2nd annual NYC Literary Showcase (11/8/14) – honoring and celebrating the week of Veterans Day 2014 with an incredible 2014 line up!

Talking Service – Great Books Foundation
“Talking Service, the Great Books Foundation’s initiative to develop reading and discussion programs for veterans, as well as their families, friends, service providers, and caregivers.”

The Telling Project
The Telling Project is a performing arts non-profit that employs theater to deepen our understanding of the military and veterans’ experience. Through performance, The Telling Project puts veterans & military family members in front of their communi

Veteran Artist Program (VAP)
Veteran-led nonprofit honoring and encouraging veteran involvement in the arts. Collaborations with Voices from War.

Wounded Warrior Project
“Wounded Warrior Project Vision: To foster the most successful, well-adjusted generation of wounded service members in our nation’s history.”

Voices From War w/ VAP – Literary Showcase 2014

"Journeys in Stories: From the Front to the Home Front in Words"November 9th, 2014

Voices From War joins VETERAN ARTIST PROGRAM in
PRESENTING:
Journeys in Stories
FROM THE FRONT TO THE HOME FRONT IN WORDS
Reading, Writing, & Talking War 2014
FEATURING: Phil Klay, Maurice Decaul, Laren McClung, & Nathan Bradley Bethea
Panel Discussion with Readings
New York City, NOV 9, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

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Voices from War is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of Voices from War must be made payable to Fractured Atlas only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.